Kerkman, Samantha
Cullen, David *
Parisi, Joe
Joint Committee on Legislative Organization (3, 2)
Huebsch, Michael (Co-chair)
Fitzgerald, Jeff
Gundrum, Mark
Kreuser, James *
Richards, Jon
Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems (2, 1)
Jeskewitz, Suzanne(Co-chair)
Lothian, Thomas
Travis, David *
Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions (2, 1)
Wood, Jeffrey (Co-chair)
Lasee, Frank
Hubler, Mary *
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Referral of Agency Reports
State of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Technical College System
Madison
December 1, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
This letter certifies that all sixteen Wisconsin Technical Colleges have provided sexual assault and harassment orientation, materials and information to students as required under state statute 38.12(11) for the 2006-2007 school year.
Individual college letters assuring compliance are on file in our office at this time. If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact Linda Fahey, System Equal Opportunity Office, at 267-2479.
Sincerely,
Daniel Clancy
President
Referred to committee on Colleges and Universities.
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State of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-System
Madison
December 6, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The 1999-2001 State of Wisconsin Biennial Budget,
1999 Wisconsin Act 9, included a provision to change the University of Wisconsin System's appropriation for tuition and fee revenues (Academic Student Fees, Fund 131) from an annual, sum certain appropriation to a continuing appropriation.
Wisconsin Act 9 required the Board of Regents to report annually, beginning on December 15, 2000, the amount by which actual expenditures in the previous fiscal year, in this case 2005-06, exceeded the amount in the schedule for that appropriation in the previous fiscal year. That report, including the purposes for which the additional revenues were spent and the amount spent for each purpose, is attached.
Please contact Lynn Paulson at (608) 263-7481, if you have any questions related to this report.
Sincerely,
Deborah A. Durcan
Vice President for Finance
Referred to committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Wisconsin Hospital Association
Inpatient Hospital Quality Indicators Report
Madison
December 15, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed is a copy of the 2005 Wisconsin Inpatient Hospital Quality Indicators Report produced by WHA Information Center pursuant to s.
153.22, Wis. Stats. The report has been available on our Web site since October 2006. Please feel free to download and print additional copies.
If you have any question regarding the report you may contact me at 608-274-1820, 800-321-8340 or
jkachelski@wha.org.
Sincerely,
Joseph Kachelski
Vice President
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee
December 20, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed please find the Medical College of Wisconsin's (MCW) annual report for the Breast Cancer Research Program funded through the income tax check-off created by
2003 Wisconsin Act 176.
This document represents the first annual report highlighting the fiscal reporting period of September 15, 2005 - June 30, 2006. During the first fiscal year, MCW created the new research program and established its administrative structure, solicited breast cancer research proposals, and awarded three annual projects at $50,000 each.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the report, please contact me at 414-456-8217.
Sincerely,
Kathryn A. Kuhn
Director of Government Affairs
Referred to committee on Public Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
December 27, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Enclosed is a copy of the Child Abuse and Neglect Report, 2005 Data, pursuant to s.
48.981. The report includes a statistical analysis of suspected child abuse and neglect reports received and investigated by county child protective services (CPS) agencies and the state Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare in calendar year 2005. The report also contains information on child fatalities due to child abuse or neglect.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Children and Family Law.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
December 27, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
Section
46.03(26) of the statutes requires the Department of Health and Family Services to report annually on information systems projects under development including the implementation schedule, estimate of costs, and methods of determining changes (if applicable).
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The Department has three groups of systems now under development: (1) Public Health Information Network (PHIN), (2) the Vital Records Reengineering Project, and (3) the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and related subsystems. The required information in included in the attached reports.
Sincerely,
Helene Nelson
Secretary
Referred to committee on Health.
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State of Wisconsin
Department of Health and Family Services
Madison
December 28, 2006
To the Honorable, the Legislature:
The Department of Health and Family Services is pleased to report to you and the Legislature on the development of a uniform document of gift form that will aid families considering the donation of a loved one's organs and tissues. This work was required by
2005 Wisconsin Act 229.
2005 Wisconsin Act 229, effective November 1, 2006, required that additional information be included in any document of anatomical gift for organ and tissue donation. Act 229 also directed the DHFS to convene a group of interested parties to discuss and provide input about the development of a document for use by all parties including hospitals, organ procurement organizations, tissue banks, coroners and medical examiners involved in the donation process.
In September, DHFS convened a group to discuss the need for a statewide form. The group included representatives from the Wisconsin Hospital Association; University of Wisconsin Organ Procurement Organization; Wisconsin Donor Network Organ Procurement Organization; American Tissue Services Foundation; the Musculoskeletal Foundation; RTI Donor Services; Wisconsin Tissue Bank; the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin; the Wisconsin Coroners and Medical Examiners Association and the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association. In the course of several meetings, the parties concluded that a uniform document had value and reached consensus on the specifics of the form. This document provides grieving families with the information they need and simplifies the consent process.
Through this effort, Wisconsin has become one of the first states to have a uniform consent form for organ, tissue and eye donation. The model form has been distributed to all organ and tissue recovery organizations, and the Wisconsin Hospital Association has shared it with their members. It has also been posted to the DHFS Forms Library at
http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/forms/DPH/dph43O25.pdf. A copy of the document is attached.
Please let me know if you would like additional information.
Sincerely,
